NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/alt/support/cancer/382

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From: [e-mail] (Joichi Ito)
Newsgroups: alt.support.cancer
Subject: new breast cancer treatment?
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Date: 26 Jan 93 13:51:20 GMT
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Hi. I am writing here on behalf of my mother who was diagnnosed with acute
breast cancer about twenty years ago. Since then, she has been treated
successfully with surgery and radiation therapy. It has been recurring in
the bone in her spine and her hip, but with combinations of surgery and
radiation we seem to get it to remiss. Recently she underwent surgery
and radiation in the third vertebrae after the cancer had deteriorated
the spine and impacted the nerve cells until she was paralized from her
neck down. Luckily, since the surgery, she has slowly recovered most of
her sensation and can stand for short periods.

Anyway, it's back. Since they've radiated the area so much, they can't
do it any more and are going to put her on chemo. I overheard some people
talking about a new breast cancer treatment that consisted of an injection
of a specially radiated chemical that attached itself only to the cancer
cells. Since her breast cancer cells are treated well with radiation
it sounded good to me. Her doctors at Stanford tell us that we shouldn't
try new drugs until there is no other choice.

I am sorry about my ignorance of the proper terminology, etc. I am just
now getting acquainted with this area as I begin a struggle that I think
you are all facing. I just feel so useless in ignorant and I don't want
to miss anything that could help my mother. If anyone has any information
on new breast cancer treatments, I would appreciate it greatly.

TIA,

 - Joi